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Source: https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-04-02/gaza-clash-both-hamas-and-israel-are-winning
Palestinians' New "Human Swarm" Technique Isn't Generating Much Global Support
(Bloomberg) Zev Chafets - Friday's Gaza march unveiled a new Palestinian tactic, mass swarming, designed to force Israeli troops at the border to commit mass killings or flee. But the IDF forces used snipers to pick off individual leaders in the putatively civilian crowd (at least 11 of the dead were later identified as Hamas or other terrorists). The Netanyahu government got nearly wall-to-wall support from its opposition. Avi Gabbay, leader of the Zionist Union (aka Labor Party) praised the IDF for its restraint. Yair Lapid of Yesh Atid pronounced himself "proud."